My family in Mayo County

Hi Veronica,

Thank you very much for your message.

It may be an idea to try and make an appointment with the local parish priest in Ballynahaglish to see if he can help you find some records relevant to your family.  Here is a link to the contact section of Backs/Ballynahaglish parish:

http://backs.myparish.eu/contact/

According to the Irish Times website, records for the parish of Ballynahaglish/Backs start as early as 1830 so hopefully you will be able to find something.

 

http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor/fuses/rcparishmaps/index.cfm?fuseaction=showidrecords&CityCounty=Mayo&parish=Backs&churchid=738

As you can see from the above link the North Mayo Family History Research Centre have copies available. Here is their contact details if you would like to contact them, please note however that a fee may apply:

North Mayo Family History Research Centre

Enniscoe,

Castlehill,

Ballina,

Mayo.

Phone: +353 (0) 96 31809    Email: normayo@iol.ie

Please be patient - as our programme has only begun to rollout across the island of Ireland and volunteers in some areas may not yet be organized.

 

Kind regards,    

Genealogy Support

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Veronica - first, happy birthday! and second, how was your trip?  I too have ancestors from Ballynahaglish and I will be going to Ireland next June so I am most interested in what you may have found in the way of records.  Where you able to speak to a parish priest?

 

My family lived in Coolcranan in the 1840 - 1853 time frame before going to Baltmore, Maryland, USA.  I would love to know if I still have relatives in the area. William Roche/Roach and Ann McAndrews. Would love to hear how your trip went, Kate Fandetti